English, British
Class
Recreational
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
30
District
Sunderland
Easting
433460
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35SW
MONTH1
04
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
552750
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Philadelphia
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition of 1896. Between George Street East and Catherine Terrace.
Site Type: Broad
Meeting Hall
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey third edition of 1920. Between George Street East and Catherine Terrace.
Site Name
George Street East, Miners Hall
Site Type: Specific
Trades Union Hall
HER Number
14879
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Ordnance Survey Second Edition 1896
YEAR1
2012
English, British
Class
Water Supply and Drainage
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
30
District
Sunderland
Easting
433750
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35SW
MONTH1
04
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
552530
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Philadelphia
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition of 1896.
Site Type: Broad
Water Storage Site
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition of 1896.
Site Name
Philadelphia, reservoir and sluice
Site Type: Specific
Reservoir
HER Number
14878
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Ordnance Survey Second Edition 1896
YEAR1
2012
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
30
District
Sunderland
Easting
433560
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35SW
MONTH1
04
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
552580
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Philadelphia
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition of 1896.
Site Type: Broad
Power Generation Site
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition of 1896.
Site Name
Philadelphia, gasometers
Site Type: Specific
Gas Holder
HER Number
14877
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Ordnance Survey Second Edition 1896
YEAR1
2012
English, British
Class
Recreational
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
30
District
Sunderland
Easting
433330
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35SW
MONTH1
04
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
552420
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Philadelphia
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition of 1896. Named as Miners Hall on third edition of 1920.
Site Type: Broad
Meeting Hall
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition of 1896. Named as Miners Hall on third edition of 1920.
Site Name
Wellington Row, Miners Hall
Site Type: Specific
Trades Union Hall
HER Number
14876
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Ordnance Survey Second Edition 1896
YEAR1
2012
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
30
District
Sunderland
Easting
433510
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35SW
MONTH1
04
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
552680
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Philadelphia
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition of 1896. Demolished by 1978.
Site Type: Broad
Terrace
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition of 1896. Demolished by 1978.
Site Name
Catherine Terrace
Site Type: Specific
Terrace
HER Number
14875
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Ordnance Survey Second Edition 1896
YEAR1
2012
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
30
District
Sunderland
Easting
433430
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35SW
MONTH1
04
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
552660
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Philadelphia
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition of 1896. Demolished by 1978. Now a playing field.

In 2018 excavations were conducted in advance of a proposed development. George Street East was constructed near Dorothea Pit in the late 19th century and demolished in the 1960s. The terraces are shown on the second edition Ordnance Survey (1895). The excavation aimed to expose and record one house of the former mining terraces. The building encountered measured 8.84m x 5.38m and consisted of a front room. The rear yard and two out buildings on the southern side were also excavated, these buildings were probably the pantry or scullery, toilet and coal house.
Site Type: Broad
Terrace
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition of 1896. Demolished by 1978 and used as a playing field.
In 2018 excavations were conducted in advance of a proposed development. George Street East was constructed near Dorothea Pit in the late 19th century and demolished in the 1960s. The terraces are shown on the second edition Ordnance Survey (1895). The excavation aimed to expose and record one house of the former mining terraces. A trench that measured 19.25m x 7.75m was excavated exposing a structure and yard. The building measured 8.84m x 5.38m and consisted of a front room (4.6m x 4.44m) and rear room (4.61m x 3.76m). The sandstone foundation blocks which supported brick walls were exposed. Two courses of a brick wall were identified above the southern wall foundation blocks. The rear yard measured 5.3m x 4.7m covered with a brick surface and was enclosed by brick walls 0.3m wide. Two out buildings on the southern side which were probably the pantry or scullery, toilet and coal house.
Site Name
George Street West and East
Site Type: Specific
Terrace
HER Number
14874
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Ordnance Survey Second Edition 1896; AD Archaeology Ltd, 2018. George Street East, Philadelphia, Archaeological excavation.
YEAR1
2012
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
30
District
Sunderland
Easting
433350
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35SW
MONTH1
04
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
552580
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Philadelphia
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition of 1896.
Site Type: Broad
Terrace
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition of 1896.
Site Name
Travers Street
Site Type: Specific
Terrace
HER Number
14873
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Ordnance Survey Second Edition 1896
YEAR1
2012
English, British
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
5159
DAY1
30
District
Sunderland
Easting
433350
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35SW
MATERIAL
Brick
MONTH1
04
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
552230
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Philadelphia
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition of 1896. Brick chapel in the middle of a row of cottages. Red brick with decorative bands in darker red brick. Round-arched windows and door in porch. Round window above central porch. Now Philadelphia Spiritualist Church.
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition of 1896. Brick chapel in the middle of a row of cottages. Red brick with decorative bands in darker red brick. Round-arched windows and door in porch. Round window above central porch. Now Philadelphia Spiritualist Church. Suggested as a contender for Listed Building Status by Peter Ryder. Suggested as a contender for Listed Building Status by Peter Ryder.
Site Name
Chapel Row, Methodist New Connexion Chapel
Site Type: Specific
Methodist New Connexion Chapel
HER Number
14872
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Ordnance Survey Second Edition 1896; The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, List of Non-Conformist Chapels in Sunderland
YEAR1
2012
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
30
District
Sunderland
Easting
433560
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35SW
MONTH1
04
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
552240
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Philadelphia
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition of 1896.
Site Type: Broad
Terrace
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition of 1896.
Site Name
Spring Gardens
Site Type: Specific
Terrace
HER Number
14871
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Ordnance Survey Second Edition 1896
YEAR1
2012
English, British
Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
30
District
Sunderland
Easting
433330
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35SW
MONTH1
04
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
551960
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Place
Philadelphia
Description
Broad rigg with reversed S shape. Survives as upstanding earthworks. Wavelength between 6 and 8m. Ploughing since 1964 has destroyed a lot more of the earthworks. Elsewhere later ridge and furrow was picked up by geophysical survey. Average wavelength was 3 to 5.5m.
Site Type: Broad
Cultivation Marks
SITEDESC
Broad rigg with reversed S shape. Survives as upstanding earthworks. Wavelength between 6 and 8m. Ploughing since 1964 has destroyed a lot more of the earthworks. Elsewhere later ridge and furrow was picked up by geophysical survey. Average wavelength was 3 to 5.5m.
Site Name
Philadelphia, ridge and furrow
Site Type: Specific
Ridge and Furrow
HER Number
14870
Form of Evidence
Earthwork
Sources
Aerial Photograph OS/64246 Frame 172 12-Oct-1964; Jamie Scott, TWM Archaeology, December 2011, Land to the south and south-west of the former Lambton Engine Works Site, Philadelphia - Archaeological Geophysical Survey and Transcription of Earthworks
YEAR1
2012